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Loch Lomond (Runrig cover)

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Runrig released a cover version of "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" titled "Loch Lomond" in 1982.[1] The song received significant airplay on Scottish and English radio, including on Radio 1, by the disc jockeys Simon Bates and Terry Wogan.[1][2] Based on data from the music streaming service Spotify, The Scotsman ranked "Loch Lomond" as one of the top five Runrig songs of all time.[3] The song has been described by the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame as a "rocking anthem"[4][5] and by The Herald as one of Runrig's best known songs.[6] The song is the anthem of the German football team FC Köln; its supporters sing a song to the tune of "Loch Lomond" before each match the club plays.[7][8] It is also regularly played as the last song at Scottish weddings.[9][10] A remix was recorded in 2007 with 50,000 Scotland national football team supporters for the BBC's Children in Need fundraiser in Scotland.[11][12] "Loch Lomond" reached a peak position of number 86 on the UK Singles Chart.[13] The 2007 version peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Charts[13] and number 1 on the Scottish Singles Charts.[14]

1982 release

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 86

2007 remix

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[16] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[17] 9
  1. ^ a b Jenkins, Lisa Davenport (2004). Celtic Connections: "Celticism" in Scottish Music. University of Michigan. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-496-69304-7.
  2. ^ "Surprise boost for Loch". The Lennox Herald. 11 February 1983. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Best of Runrig". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Runrig". Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ Gibson, Darren (2021-06-11). "WATCH: Look back as Runrig play live at Loch Lomond". Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  6. ^ "Alba no more. Skye no more. Loch Lomond no more. Runrig say farewell". The Herald. 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  7. ^ "Why do German football fans sing the Loch Lomond tune?". BBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  8. ^ Healey, Derek (26 September 2016). "VIDEO: German football club adopts Runrig's Loch Lomond as their anthem". Press and Journal. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  9. ^ Wilson, Caroline (2023-05-04). "After music and politics Donnie Munro drawn back to 'first love' career". The Herald. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  10. ^ Strachan, Graeme (2022-12-21). "When Runrig made Caird Hall Christmas gigs a gift to their Dundee fans". The Courier. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  11. ^ McNeil, Robert (2024-06-02). "Damn critics who took low road with proud purveyors of triumphalist jock rock Runrig". The Herald. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  12. ^ "Scotland fans record charity song". BBC. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference auto1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 25/11/2007". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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